beef Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun cattle that are reared for their meat
beef cattle.
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noun meat from an adult domestic bovine
boeuf.
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noun informal terms for objecting
squawk; gripe; kick; bitch.
- I have a gripe about the service here
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verb complain
squawk; bellyache; grouse; gripe; holler; bitch; crab.
- What was he hollering about?
WordNet
Beef noun
Etymology
OE.Definitions
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An animal of the genus Bos , especially the common species,B. taurus , including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.In this, which is the original sense, the word has a plural, beeves A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. Milton.
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The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food. In this sense, the word has no plural. "Great meals of beef." Shak. -
Applied colloquially to human flesh.
Beef adjective
Definitions
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.